THE EFFECTIVINESS OF APPLYING KWL (KNOW, WANT, LEARN) STRATEGY ON READING COMPREHENSION AT SMP NEGERI 4 PEMATANGSIANTAR

Abstract

The aim of this research was to find out the effect of KWL strategy on the reading comprehension of the eight grade students at SMP NEGERI 4 PEMATANGSIANTA in the academic year of 2021/2022. This research was conducted on May 2022. This research was classified as a true-experimental study. It involved 64 students from two groups, class VIII⁵ (32 students) as the experimental group and VIII⁶ (32 students) as the control group. The experimental group was students taught using KWL strategy where as the control group was students taught using contial technique . The data were obtained by using pre-test and post-test. The data of the pre-test and post-test of both groups were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistic. (SPSS 22.0). The result of the research shows that the testing hypothesis of post-test score, it is found that t_count (8.63) > t_table  (1.67) at the significance level a = 0.05 and degrees of freedom (df) = 63. H₀ is rejected and H_a is accepted. So, it means that the KWL strategy effect significantly to improve students’ reading comprehension at the eight grade of SMP Negei 4 Pematangsiantar academic year of 2021/2022